Scheduling Order issued in Hunt lawsuit, no trial date set

January 10, 2018

The parties in the Mark Hunt lawsuit have agreed to a scheduling order. The scheduling order followed a required meeting of counsel via teleconference last Wednesday.

There is no trial date as of yet. The order states that Zuffa and White are scheduled to begin trial in another case starting on April 16, 2018 with an estimated time of six months. Also, due to the fact that Hunt lives in Australia, the parties have requested a special scheduling review.

Notably, the parties will conduct fact discovery in two phases. The first phase will be written discovery on “all non-RICO claims.” The second phase will be “non-written discovery and RICO claims, subject to the pending motions to dismiss, the outcome of which will likely necessitate the parties revisiting the scope and determining of discovery and corresponding deadlines.”

The initial disclosure of witnesses will occur on January 31st. The cutoff for discovery will not occur unitl October 1st. The deadline for summary judgments (aka dispositive motions) is October 31, 2018. So, assuming that the defendants Motion to Dismiss Hunt’s First Amended Complaint is denied, we should be looking for a trial sometime in late 2018, early 2019.